As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2013
1933 Act Registration No. 333-117597
1940 Act File No. 811-21606
 



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
     
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
[X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
 
[  ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 12
 
[X]
   
and/or
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
 
[  ]
Amendment No. 14
 
[X]

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

TILSON INVESTMENT TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

152 West 57th Street, 46th Floor, New York, NY  10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (303) 623-2577

Rhonda A. Mills
1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, CO 80203
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With copy to:

Thomas W. Steed, III
Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton LLP
4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1400
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
 
Approximate date of proposed public offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of the Registration Statement.
 
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
[X]  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[  ]  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
[  ]  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[  ]  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[  ]  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[  ]  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
 
If appropriate, check the following box:
[  ] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
 
Title of Securities Being Registered: Shares of Beneficial Interest
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this amendment to the registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, and State of Colorado on this 15th day of March, 2013.
 
   
Tilson Investment Trust
 
         
   
By:
/s/ Rhonda A. Mills
 
     
Rhonda A. Mills
 
     
Secretary
 
         
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
James H. Speed, Jr. *
 
Trustee and Chairman
 
March 15, 2013
James H. Speed, Jr.
       
         
Jack E. Brinson *
 
Trustee
 
March 15, 2013
Jack E. Brinson
       
         
Whitney R. Tilson *
 
Trustee, President, and Principal Executive Officer
 
March 15, 2013
Whitney R. Tilson
       
         
Glenn H. Tongue *
 
Vice President, Treasurer, and Principal Financial Officer
 
March 15, 2013
Glenn H. Tongue
       
         
/s/ Kimberly R. Storms
 
Assistant Treasurer
 
March 15, 2013
Kimberly S. Storms
       
         
/s/ Rhonda A. Mills
 
Secretary
 
March 15, 2013
Rhonda A. Mills
       
         
*By:
/s/ Rhonda A. Mills
       
 
Rhonda A. Mills
Attorney-in-Fact
       
 
March 15, 2013
       

 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Index No.
 
Description of Exhibit
 
EX-101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document
 
EX-101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
EX-101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
 
EX-101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
 
EX-101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
 
EX-101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase